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Author Topic: Enlarged Icons and SLIGHTLY distorted screen NEED HELP Reinstalling VGA  (Read 3151 times)

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wing seeker

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    I need to help reinstalling a VGA Card from Dell.............I got my
    service tag number and pull it up with no problem and download
    the Dell Driver..........

    once the download goes through what do you do next.........is it just
    over then?????

    in other words, I download the Video Driver and then what do I do?

    cruisin702



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    Re: Enlarged Icons and SLIGHTLY distorted screen NEED HELP Reinstalling VGA
    « Reply #1 on: January 27, 2010, 11:00:28 PM »
    If you click on the driver directly below "File Title(s)" (ex. intel-driver) , the next page will have "Installation Instructions" . If you still need help post back with your Service Tag number and I will help you look up the instructions.

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    wing seeker

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      Re: Enlarged Icons and SLIGHTLY distorted screen NEED HELP Reinstalling VGA
      « Reply #2 on: January 28, 2010, 07:49:01 AM »
      Service Tag is.........52H89C1

      I have the driver downloaded so now I need to know what to do
      next......there are kinds of downloads available under my
      Service Tag at Dell......are these updates to my current video
      card etc.....I have already downloaded several from video
      and diagnostics

      wing seeker

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        Re: Enlarged Icons and SLIGHTLY distorted screen NEED HELP Reinstalling VGA
        « Reply #3 on: January 28, 2010, 07:57:46 AM »
        I have the files in my computer but when I try and run them
        it asks for Adminstrator or Owner.......I use my normal
        password and it doesnt work......do I need to try and run these
        to actually have them installed???

        cruisin702



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        Re: Enlarged Icons and SLIGHTLY distorted screen NEED HELP Reinstalling VGA
        « Reply #4 on: January 28, 2010, 10:19:41 PM »
        It looks like your video driver is the ATI-Driver
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        Download

        1.Click Download Now, to download the file.
        2.When the File Download window appears, click Save (Windows XP
        users will click Save) this program to disk and click OK. The Save In:
        window appears.
        3.From the Save In: field, click the down arrow then click to
        select Desktop and click Save. The file will download to your desktop.
        4.If the Download Complete window appears, click Close. The file
        icon appears on your desktop.

        Install

        1.Double-click the new icon on the desktop labeled R168684.EXE.
        2.The Self-Extracting window appears and prompts you to extract or
        unzip to C:\DELL\DRIVERS\R168684. Write down this path so the executable (I.e.
        Setup.exe) file can be found later.
        3.The Self-Extractor window appears.
        4.Click OK.
        5.After completing the file extraction, if the Self-Extractor
        window is still open, close it.
        6.Click the Start button and then click Run.
        7.Type C:\DELL\DRIVERS\R168684 in the Open textbox and then click OK.
        8.Follow the on-screen installation instructions.